Knight78
Well-Known Member
I have no idea how good he is. I do know that he was older for his HS class which is a huge advantage. However, his bio is telling. It's about name recognition at this point and his height/length. There is no way he runs the bases fast enough in today's athletic world. There are a lot of guys with talent including apparently Conner. He's not going pro. If he were 19 this summer it would be different.
Hawk Item -- Also a member of the University of Iowa men's basketball program, playing for his father, Fran McCaffery.
2018 -- Redshirted... did not see any game action.
I disagree with your idea about "fast enough" for baseball. My brother was a pretty good catcher in HS - made the all SE Iowa team and honorable mention all state. He was the ONLY guy to pick off a player from Muscatine in that player's HS career (that player led the state two years in a row in stolen bases). He was also the ONLY guy to pick off a player from Durant in his career. He was one of the slowest players on the team in a 50 yd dash, but would hustle down the line and pick up badly thrown balls missed by the first baseman and throw runners out at second. When he was on first, only one other player on the team could make the first to third corner faster. But in a flat out "sprint" it was always "PICK UP THE PLOW!!!".
Just as in football, someone sprinting in sweats is different than running in full gear.